Side note ? if you?ve been trying to email me during the past fortnight, I wouldn?t have received your mail as I forgot to change the MX records when changing hosts. This is also why forum registration emails were not being mailed out. It?s fixed now though. Sorry!
Moving on.. With the increased survivability of WD pets in patch 1.0.4, I?ve been messing around with a pet build which uses thorns/regen gear. This is something I?ve been wanting to do for a while but wasn?t really possible prior to 1.0.4. I spent a relatively small amount of gold to put together a set of gear that is around 15,000 in thorns and 1500 hp regen per second.
Before the latest patch, WD pets really couldn?t do much let alone go toe to toe with the bosses of each act, so I set about to see if the WD pets could solo each boss. Result? They can! The Butcher and Belial can be defeated without a recast while Azmodan and Diablo require some re-summoning. I do wonder if it?s possible to make an AFK Witch Doctor with a perfect set of gear. I?d love to put a set like that together but not only is the gear hard to find maxed but it?s quite expensive.
What stats do I look for on gear for a thorns build?
- Intelligence
- Stamina
- All Resistance
- Physical Damage to Attacker
- Life Regeneration
With those 5 stats, you can put together quite a good set without breaking the bank. Adding extras into the mix like crit chance, crit damage and sockets is not only expensive but difficult to find with high stat levels. It?s something I intend to pursue as I?m interested in how such a build might work when PvP is patched into the game.
Build ? Mouse over for a preview.
Given I was not dealing any damage myself in these 4 videos, the only skills that matter for this thorns build are the passives. Fierce Loyalty allows your pets to gain 100% of your thorns gear and regen. Jungle Fortitude gives you and your pets 20% reduced damage while Zombie Handler gives us the additional Zombie Dog for a total of 4. As all 4 bosses are single targets 95% of the time, I didn?t spec the pets for any AOE abilities (they are poor unless there are enough trash mobs around as in Act 3).
Anyway, the videos!
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There really isn?t much to say about The Butcher. He?s easy for players and pets.
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Belial can be problematic for a lot of players and I was actually surprised that the Witch Doctor pets were able to withstand all of Belial?s damage without need for a re-summon, I had expected otherwise.
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The hardest of the 4 to kill via the pets only method. With a bit more attention, it would be easy enough to direct the meteors away from the pets but the time to kill is vastly increased in comparison to The Butcher and Belial.
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Easier than expected and I was only caught out a few times in Phase 2 where both pets were dead and on CD. Shadow Clones are just as brutal to pets as they are players.
Source: http://www.diablo3builds.com/witch-doctor-pets-solo-all-4-act-bosses-on-inferno/
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